Towarzysz husarski

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Towarzysz husarski

Towarzysz husarski (Polish, plural: Towarzysze husarscy) or Husarz (Hussar companion), was the name of a type of heavy cavalryman in Poland.

The Polish hussars were the leading or even elite branch of cavalry in the Polish army from the 1570s until 1776, when their duties and traditions by a parliament decree were passed on to the Uhlans. Most hussars were recruited from the wealthier part of the Polish nobility (szlachta).

Each towarzysz of hussars raised his own poczet or retinue. Several retinues were combined to form a hussar banner or Company, (Chorągiew husarska).

For more informations see: Hussars. Image:MWP husaria detale c.1673.jpg Image:MWP husaria karwasze -prawy detal.jpg Image:MWP Husaria szyszak 16 wiek.jpg Image:MWP Husaria szyszak 16 wiek szyszak ozdobny w tle.jpg Image:MWP husaria szyszak plus zbroje 16 wiek.jpg Image:MWP husaria zbroja typu 'anima'.jpg Image:MWP husaria zbroja typu 'anima' fragment.jpg Image:MWP husaria zbroje 17 wiek.jpg Image:MWP zbroja husarz 16 wiek.jpg Image:MWP zbroja husarz ujecie 2 16 wiek.jpg Image:MWP zbroje husarskie 2.jpg Image:Siodla 17 wiek husarz front-lewa.jpg Image:Siodla 17 wiek husarz lewa.jpg Image:Siodla 17 wiek caly garnitur.jpg Image:Siodla 17 wiek caly garnitur3.jpg Image:Siodla 17wiek husarz prawa.jpg

See also

• Polish cavalry
• Towarzysz
• Towarzysz pancerny
• Poczet
• Pocztowy
• Offices in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

External links

• [About hussar's armor] (Polish)

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